The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Town of Halifax
Pro-Data Center Policies
Vermont receives a default rating of 2 because our research identifies no current or future statewide data-center-specific laws or regulations that would prevent you from building a data center. Local rules and general permitting requirements may still apply.
Rating and summary from Vermont statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Town of Halifax.
pending · Town of HalifaxSets out proposed guidance for Halifax’s growth, land use, development, and natural-resource conservation, including policies intended to inform local regulations, zoning, subdivision, Act 250, and Section 248 proceedings (Draft plan).Halifax Town Plan 2027 Draft (2026)
What this means
The draft would prohibit large-scale data centers in all zoning districts and recommends zoning rules to define and ban them. That amounts to a ban on new large-scale facilities, with no offsetting benefits; the text does not specifically address existing centers.
People behind it
- Halifax Planning Commission
Prepared the Halifax Town Plan and is responsible for its ongoing review, revision, and interpretation in cooperation with the Selectboard.
- Halifax Selectboard
Receives the updated Town Plan draft and cooperates with the Planning Commission in interpreting and implementing the plan.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Prohibits large-scale commercial data centers and server farms in all Halifax zoning districts.
Strongly opposes the commercial extraction and export of groundwater from Halifax, including for data centers.
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